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Gabrielle Hayden's avatar

Such an illuminating and enjoyable take of an English point in time. Thank you.

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Robert Phillips's avatar

I well recall a memorable lunch with that mighty and incredible statesman Ian Smith of Rhodesia.He explained how Rhodesia under his rule was one of the few countries in the world that was seeing crime rates fall.

There were 14 terrorists awaiting execution in Salisbury's Jails,which was vexing the liberal democracies,Including Betty Windsor .Ian had no need of "Special Advisers",He simply called in his minister of law and order ,I believe Lardner Burke,and put all the requests for clemency in the bin,where they belonged and instructed him to get on with it.The next day wonderful PK van Der Byl was asked how many terrorists were executed in Salisbury.In his Incredible drawl he simply said "That's an academic question, they're dead anyway".Will we ever see their like again . Sadly not,one can but weep.

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